AJA KONA LHe Plus HD-SDI / Analog Video Capture & Playback PCI Card

AJA KONA LHe Plus Overview

The KONA LHe Plus from AJA is a broadcast-quality PCI card for Mac and Windows systems that offers an HD/SD-SDI input, dual SDI outputs, and a full complement of analog video and audio input & output connections via an included breakout cable. The card features genlock input and performs 10-bit down conversion from HD to SD. Because conversion is hardware-based, it's available upon both capture and playback.

Key Features:

• SD-SDI, HD-SDI, analog HD/SD input and output
• 12-bit HD analog component I/O
• 12-bit SD analog component or composite S-Video I/O
• 10-bit hardware HD-to-SD down conversion
• Single SD-SDI or HD-SDI input
• Dual independent SD-SDI/HD-SDI outputs
• Two-channel balanced XLR AES and two-channel balanced XLR analog audio I/O
• Eight-channel SDI embedded audio I/O
• HD/SD genlock input and RS-422 machine control
• Support for Apple Final Cut Pro & Motion, Adobe After Effects, Autodesk Combustion, and more
• Breakout cable included

Windows Software Features:

KONA for PC Software

KONA for PC software allows Windows to access the hardware power of your KONA card within major editing and graphics applications. Other software vendors have also provided integrated support for KONA in their own PC applications through direct collaboration with AJA.

Powerful Plug-Ins

Supplied AJA plug-ins integrate your KONA card into a variety of graphics/visual-effects software applications to make operations even easier to use. Using AJA plug-ins, sophisticated features appear as if they were native to the software application user interfaces. Directly supported applications include Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, Autodesk Combustion, and Eyeon Digital Fusion

AJA Machina Enhances All Workflows

KONA for PC software includes a standalone powerful capture/playback application, AJA Machina, that includes full VTR machine control with access to any and all KONA supported file formats, video standards, and hardware conversions, presented in a very cool and easy-to-use interface. Machina supports all KONA for PC formats, including DVCPRO HD, QuickTime, DPX, and many others.

Files captured from Machina can be imported into virtually any software package that supports these file formats, such as compositing programs, 3D animation programs, audio editing programs, and much more. Exported files from your application of choice can be seamlessly played out to the video and audio equipment of your choice.

Machina has great desktop preview features that allow you to preview your files full screen on your desktop display at various zoom levels, creating an alternative for frame-by-frame viewing when no additional monitor is available. In addition, Machina allows you to apply 1D LUTs on output, to output video + key for monitoring or mixing, and to key in static graphics (on selected KONA cards).

This huge feature set makes Machina an invaluable Windows tool for film and video professionals, making it a useful addition to virtually any PC workflow.

Mac Software Features:

KONA for Mac Software

AJA KONA for Mac drivers are optimized for use on OS X, with applications and advanced AJA hardware capabilities controlled easily and at a glance in the application you're using. KONA for Mac software integrates within the native environment where used � whether Apple Final Cut Studio, Adobe Creative Suite, or several other major Mac applications.

Final Cut Pro Features

Within Apple Final Cut Pro, KONA offers:

• Easy setups for instant configuration of your workflow in unison with KONA hardware
• Advanced hardware configuration from the AJA Control Panel can be accessed without leaving your application by simply holding down the command key and clicking into the UI. For example, play back HD media from Final Cut Pro and evaluate what an SD down conversion would look like as an anamorphic, cropped, or letterboxed output � all in real time without ever stopping playback.
• HDV codec hardware acceleration. The KONA hardware allows instantaneous real-time playback for both monitoring and recording. Even KONA's conversions work in real time with HDV, allowing SD monitoring, dubs, or mastering.
• DVCPro HD codec hardware acceleration. KONA's precision hardware allows capture and playback of HD-SDI video to and from the DVCPRO HD codec at a quality level virtually indistinguishable from native FireWire, while freeing up valuable RT processing power.
• Dynamic RT Extreme video scaling support. Dynamic RT Extreme video scaling is offloaded in real time to KONA as the "Playback Video Quality" dynamically adjusts. This allows more playback power � and because KONA handles it seamlessly, the Dynamic RT you see on the Mac monitor is the same as that shown on your professional broadcast monitor output from the KONA card.

Adobe Creative Suite Features

Within Adobe Creative Suite, KONA offers:

• Advanced AJA Plug-ins support, offering control of KONA using familiar controls and appearance within Adobe CS applications including Premiere, Photoshop, and After Effects.
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